About Kottaikadu Village

Kottaikadu is a large village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,051, made up of 1,510 males and 1,541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 975 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kottaikadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kottaikadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603304
Area (hectares)	975 hectares
Population	3,051
Male Population	1,510
Female Population	1,541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 36 km distance

How Kottaikadu compares

By the 2011 count Kottaikadu is the 12th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 975 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Kottaikadu

Kottaikadu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kottaikadu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 36 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kottaikadu from other places

Kottaikadu lies about 71 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 24 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kottaikadu
Nearest town	Kottaikādu	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Acharapakkam	24 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	71 km

Villages closest to Kottaikadu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheyyur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kottaikadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kottaikadu village had a population of 3,051. That makes it the 12th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Kottaikadu village has 1,510 males and 1,541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottaikadu has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kottaikadu is 603304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottaikadu covers 975 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kottaikadu falls under Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kottaikadu is Acharapakkam, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 36 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kottaikadu.

Kottaikadu is about 71 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kottaikadu is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Kottaikādu is about under 2 km away. Cheyyur is about 11 km away. Acharapakkam is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.